A Lagos Uber driver
attacked by a three-man robbery gang who posed as passengers is
counting his losses after his car was snatched at gunpoint in the
Obalende area of Lagos State.
The passengers had pretended to pay him his transport fare around an Automated Teller Machine point.

The
driver, who gave his name only as Seun for security reasons, was
waiting for the passengers to withdraw money from the ATM when one of
them suddenly brought out a gun.
The two other members were said to have joined and dispossessed him of the Toyota Corolla, his two phones and N16,000 cash.
The
robbers were, however, caught on tape by the Close Circuit Television
camera around the ATM gallery, where they subdued the driver.

we came to notice that the fleeing robbers had
disguised as passengers, asking Seun to take them to Obalende from a
clubhouse in Agindigbi, Ikeja, around 3am.
On reaching their
destination, they reportedly asked Seun to wait for them while they
withdrew money from the ATM to pay the N2,500 fare he charged them.
Robbery scene
Seun, who spoke to Puch newspaper on Thursday, said as the men were
about to reach where he parked, he noticed one of them was with a gun,
but it was too late for him to zoom off.

He said:

“I
picked them from a clubhouse in Agidingbi, Ikeja on Wednesday,
September 5, around 3am. They asked me to take them to Obalende. When we
got there, they said they had to use an ATM to pay me. They told me to
proceed to the Sanglose area, but I declined. They later used one ATM at
Obalende. They were to pay me N2,500.
“I was inside the car and
put off the engine. After about five minutes, I noticed two of them were
approaching me from opposite directions. I suddenly noticed that one
was trying to bring out a gun. Before I knew what was happening, the
other man had opened the door from the passenger side. I was confused.
“The
next thing that occurred to me was to run. I ran towards the gate of
the bank thinking I could get somebody to rescue me. The man holding a
gun chased me. He led me back into the car pointing the gun at me.”

Seun
explained that the robbers zoomed off and headed towards the Third
Mainland Bridge, adding that they ordered him to switch off the General
Packet Radio Services with which his movement was being monitored.

“They
dropped me off around Adekunle and asked for the security code of the
car. I told them I did not know it. They said they only wanted to use
the car for something. They seized my two phones and about N16,000 on
me.
They asked me to call my line the following day to know where
they would drop the car. One of them suggested that I should be thrown
into the water, but others rejected the idea. The whole thing happened
between 3am and 4am,” he added.

The driver stated
that he ran to the Iyana Oworo area to report the incident to some
policemen on patrol, but he was directed to another patrol team
stationed a few metres away. He added that when he got there, the
policemen could not reach the control unit to report the robbery.
He said:

“They
called somebody to send them a control unit number but the person sent
them a wrong number. I was there for about 10 minutes before we went
together in their patrol vehicle to meet another patrol team at
Olopomeji. They copied the control unit number from the patrol van at
the Olopomeji and radioed the incident.
“They later asked me to
report the case at the nearest police station to where I was attacked. I
reported the case at the Lion Building Division.”

The
owner of the vehicle, who did not want his name in print, said he was
destabilised by the incident, urging the police to intensify efforts in
ensuring the recovery of the car and the arrest of the suspects.

He said:

“The
driver has been working for me for a long time and he is trustworthy.
We met with the bank where the incident happened and we were given the
CCTV footage of the attack, which showed the faces of two of the
robbers. The third gang member was captured with a gun, but his face was
not revealed.”

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